Infant Intakes of Long-Chain PUFA result in Improved Cognition at Age 4 [ISSFAL 2012]
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The main purpose of the present research study was to compare cognitive outcomes in 4-year children who had previously been fed (during the first year of life) infant formula without or with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) as DHA omega-3 (docosahexaenoic acid ) plus AA omega-6 (arachidonic acid) along with those infants who were breast-fed . The PUFA enriched formula contained DHA at 0.32 % by weight of milk fat (along with AA at 0.64 %). Breast milk is a natural source of both DHA and AA and the infants in this group were considered to represent the ‘gold standard’ by the authors. At age 4 years, 142 children from across the three infant feeding groups were subjected to IQ testing by the Wechsler Pre-school and Primary Scale of Intelligence.
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